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Experts are divided on how great the threat of terrorism actually is in Australia. Recently Malcolm Turnbull urged caution against potentially inflating the risk posed by IS, while the British Foreign Office said the threat of terrorism in Australia is as high as it is in Afghanistan, Libya, ...

Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to create an international tribunal that would prosecute those who shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 over Ukraine last year. The US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power told the Security Council that Russia's veto denied justice to the 298 ...

Authorities in Afghanistan have announced the death of the leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar. And one expert told The World Today that the announcment has implications for the talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban to achieve a peace deal. Max Abrahms is professor of political ...